Improvement in washing-machines



J. (I. TAYLOR.

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

No. 129,621, Patented July 16, I872.

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JAY G. TAYLOR, OF ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND A. STEWART, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHlNES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,621, dated July 16, 1872.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY O. TAYLOR, of Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonand being a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is ,a perspective view of my machine, with portions broken out to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical; section.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates'to an improvement in that class of machines employed for clothes-washing purposes. The in vention consists in the novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a suitable frame, the side pieces B of which are notched or mortised to receive the crossbar 0, to which are secured the downwardlyprojecting rods or stationary beaters D, the lower ends of which should terminate in a cross-tie to keep them in place, and they should be snfliciently long to reach nearly to the bottom of the body of the machine. The body of the machine E has its two ends a a at right angles with the top, and these ends terminate ina semicircular bottom, I). Stationary parts (1 of the top are secured to the top of the body, as shown, leaving a section of the top open, to be closed by the removable section of cover h. An upwardly-projecting flange, 7c, is designed to be employed in the attachment of a wringer. Stationary rods or beaters F extend diagonally from the-stationary parts of the top to a point near the juncture of the vertical ends of the body with the semicircular bottom. A suitable handle, G, may be attached, by means of which to operate the machine, and a stop or stops may be employed to hold the body still when required. The body E, by means of suitable boxes, is suspended from the crossbar O, which is appropriately journaled for that purpose.

The fabrics to be cleansed, with the water and soap, are placed in the body, some of the fabrics being on either side of the beaters D, when the cover H. is secured in place. The operator then, by means of the handle G, rocks the device, when the beaters D throw the fabrics against the beaters F alternately, and by a reverse motion they are again thrown against the beaters D, and the operation continued until they are thoroughly cleansed by being thus forced through the water. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The washing-machine described, provided with the removable cross-bar 0, having square ends resting in recesses inthe bars B, the suds-box E having center beater D and the boards F, inclined, as shown, and the upright K, combined and arranged as described, for the purpose set forth.

JAY O. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

D. T. MoGoLLnM, A. H. TAYLOR. 

